Hangin' Tough

Waylon Jennings | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: November 30, 1986
• Release Date: June 25, 1990
• Label: Geffen
• Copyright: (c) 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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• Total Length: 25:43
• Genres: Country/Outlaw & Progressive Country, Country/Traditional Country
• ASIN: B000VZXD80
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Waylon, January 11, 2001

By 

Doug Lowe (SUNRIVER, OREGON United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hangin Tough (Audio CD)

Waylon's rendition of "Defying Gravity" is worth the price all by itself. As usual, great musical backup.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good late 80's Waylon, August 13, 2004

By 

William D. Ferrell (Poca, WV United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hangin Tough (Audio CD)

First let me say that this is a very good CD. I now own my third copy of this recording. The first two were on cassette tape, and then a few years ago, I found the CD.
Now, this is not the CD to buy if you're trying to discover the Waylon "sound". For that, I'd recommend "Honky Tonk Heroes", "Ramblin Man" or "The Essential Waylon Jennings". However, like his "pre outlaw" material, this serves to show a different (and usually overlooked) period of Waylon's musical career. As the mid 1980s approached, the arrival of new singers on the COuntry Music scene found some of the guys who'd been around for a while in search of a new style. Waylon was no exception. When he signed with MCA, gone was the "outlaw" sound he had created while on RCA and new was the more polished modern Waylon sound.
This CD opens with a mid tempo sort of rocker called "Baker Street", and then there is the beautiful "I Can't Help The Way I Don't Feel About You" followed by the classic
"Rose In Paradise".
"Crying Don't Even Come Close" is another beautiful slow song with lots of steel guitar. "The Crown Prince" is quite a haunting story song, while "Chevy Van" and "Defying Gravity (Executiner's Song)" just leave you wondering why Waylon chose to include them in this otherwise good album.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Forgotton, February 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Hangin Tough (Audio CD)

This is one Waylon Jennings best and most forgotton recordings. He puts so much more feelings in this recording then some of his later recordings. Great listen. One of my favorites Rose in Pardise.